Coming to America?! Sri Lanka bans sale of fuel for ‘non-essential’ vehicles
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61961821 By Annabelle Liang Sri Lanka has suspended sales of fuel for non-essential vehicles as it faces its worst economic crisis in decades. For the next two weeks, only buses, trains and vehicles used for medical services and transporting food will be allowed to fill up with fuel. Schools in urban areas have shut, […]
Watch: Biden Economic Adviser on how to explain High Gas Prices to families: ‘This is about the future of the Liberal World Order and we have to stand firm’
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/06/30/biden_economic_adviser_on_high_gas_prices_this_is_about_the_future_of_the_liberal_world_order.html By Ian Schwartz Brian Deese, President Biden’s Director of National Economic Council, defended the administration’s energy policies on Thursday in an interview on CNN. “What we heard from the president today was about the stakes,” Deese said. “This is about the future of the liberal world order and we have to stand […]
IEA: Europe Will Have To Cut Gas Usage By Nearly One-Third – Germany warns ‘gas is a scarce asset’
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/IEA-Europe-Will-Have-To-Cut-Gas-Usage-By-Nearly-One-Third.html By Julianne Geiger In the first quarter of next year, the countries of the European Union will have to cut their usage of natural gas by up to 30% in preparation for a complete stoppage of Russian gas flows, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). IEA Director Fatih Birol on Tuesday […]
Macron to Biden, maybe: Drill, baby, drill!
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2022/06/28/macron-to-biden-maybe-drill-baby-drill-n479255 By ED MORRISSEY Is that the message that French president Emmanuel Macron gave Joe Biden after buttonhooking him at the G-7 summit? According to Newsweek and video clips making the rounds on social media, it does appear that Macron cast a lot of cold water on Biden’s attempt to alleviate his oil crisis by […]
POLITICO: ‘America’s climate push is in peril’ – ‘Stalled climate action all but guarantees the U.S. won’t do its part to meet goals of 2015 UN Paris climate accords’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2022/06/27/bidens-climate-chaos-hits-global-stage-00042520 By ARIANNA SKIBELL The great climate muddle — After his inauguration, President Joe Biden charged into the Oval Office and drafted a series of game-changing, economy-altering plans to save the planet from a slow-creep heat death. A year and change later, progress has been slow. And Biden’s toolbox may be shrinking. Republicans wary of […]
Soaring Global Coal Use Is Obliterating Emission Reductions Achieved in the U.S. Since 2005
https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2022/06/26/soaring_global_coal_use_is_obliterating_emission_reductions_achieved_in_the_us_since_2005_839166.html By Robert Bryce The global energy crisis has resulted in a spasm of energy realism and plain talk. Last week, Vaclav Bartuška, the Czech Ambassador-at-Large for energy security, told a group of reporters that “If there is a gas cut out this winter, we will burn anything we can to keep our people warm and to make […]
Biden is Band-Aiding Again: This Time With a Gasoline Tax Holiday
https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/gas-and-oil/biden-is-band-aiding-again-this-time-with-a-gasoline-tax-holiday/ BY IER President Biden is grasping at straws to reduce gasoline prices because he refuses to let the American people have access to oil and gas on their lands or modify regulations to encourage new refineries to be built. Instead, he has asked Congress to pass a gasoline tax holiday lifting the 18.4 cent […]
EU Says Africa Should Stop Buying Russian Fertilizer — But Can’t Make It Themselves – Fertilizer production in Africa ‘would clash with EU green goals’
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/eu-says-africa-should-stop-buying-russian-fertilizer-shouldnt-make-it-themselves BY TYLER DURDEN In an attempt to encourage African nations to stop buying Russian fertilizer, the European Union developed a working plan that would help then develop their own fertilizer plants. The draft, dated June 15 and prepared by aides of European Council President Charles Michel, was to be presented at a summit of EU […]
Goodbye, climate agenda! Fracking could restart in weeks in Britain – ‘Use all the tools at our disposal to ensure our energy security’
https://mailchi.mp/160c77c98fd8/fracking-could-restart-in-weeks-as-crunch-report-into-reopening-drill-sites-due-in-days-189571?e=0b1369f9f8 Fracking could restart in weeks as crunch report into reopening drill sites due in days 27 June 2022 1) Fracking debate set to prise open Tory party cracks The Sunday Times, 26 June 2022 2) Fracking could restart in weeks as crunch report into reopening drill sites due in days The Sun, 24 […]
‘Climate pledges abandoned’ as gas & coal make comeback in Europe – ‘A striking reversal of commitments’
https://mailchi.mp/196becb351d2/its-all-over-climate-pledges-abandoned-as-putin-sparks-global-coal-crunch-189543?e=0b1369f9f8 It’s all over Climate pledges abandoned as Putin sparks global coal crunch 1) Climate pledges abandoned as Putin sparks global coal crunch The Daily Telegraph, 25 June 2022 2) Coal makes unwelcome return as energy crisis engulfs Germany and Europe The Sunday Times, 26 June 2022 3) Back to black: Germany pushes for […]